Police search Ballard for burglar

Seattle police were searching for a suspect Wednesday morning in an apparent interrupted burglary.

About 4:50 a.m., officers were called to a secure parking garage in the 5400 block of Leary Avenue Northwest after residents there spotted a man loitering inside the garage wearing a ski mask, spokesman Mark Jamieson said.

Upon arrival, officers arrested the suspected burglar but were confronted by a second man. That man, Jamieson said, assaulted an officer before running away.

Patrol officers and a canine unit searched the Ballard neighborhood but had not found the suspect as of 8:30 a.m. The officer was not seriously injured during the fight.

A suspect description and additional information were expected to be released later Wednesday.